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Foundations Revealed. 41 Amazing Maxi Dresses and Skirt Tutorials. Sew a romantic strapless ruffled maxi dress: a tutorial. Bow Front Maxi Dress. I've wanted a maxi dress for awhile now.

Bow Front Maxi Dress

I love the longer length skirts. Grand Revival Designs: Pleated Wrap Skirt Tutorial. Grand Revival Designs Your email address:Powered by FeedBlitz About More Places to Find Me My Photos Blogs to visit Design Places.

Grand Revival Designs: Pleated Wrap Skirt Tutorial

Women's Clothing. Married to a bmw Free Sewing Patterns: Women’s Clothing 06.

Women's Clothing

Sewing. Description: This Free Cape­let Pat­tern, from Ruf­fles And Stuff, is just per­fect for change­able Spring days.

Sewing

Knitted Neck Scarf - Step 15 - MarthaStewart.com. V and Co how to: jersey knit bracelet. I don't know what it is about this time of year that makes me just want to have my bare feet in the sand, be watching the sun setting into the ocean, and breathing in the warm salty air of the beach...as i get older, more and more i find myself missing that place i used to go to almost every.single.day. as a teen.

V and Co how to: jersey knit bracelet

(my skin doesn't miss it. as a matter of fact, i now wish i listened more and DID put SPF on my face...hindsight is 20/20). my mom calls me from her walk on the beach almost every morning... *sigh*yeah, i get a little homesick around this time of the year. heck on my pinterest my "dreaming of summer" has the most pictures in it. ah yes. i miss my ocean. case in point. this bracelet, brought a flood of memories, not because i used to have one like it but because i can totally see me wearing it by the beach, not caring that it's gotten salty and wet, because i can totally make another one in like less than 5 minutes flat when i get home.

*sigh* okay... DIY detachable collar pattern: how to make a peter pan collar - A Common Thread. This DIY detachable collar pattern shows you how to make a peter pan collar with just a little bit of fabric and a ribbon. one thing i love is a good peter pan collar. obviously since i’ve mentioned this several times now. the best is making a portable one to mix and match with dresses or blouses or even tees. here are some of my favorites… alexa chung & nadinoo the detachable peter pan collar pattern comes in 2 different styles: mini peter pan collar and the pointy detachable collar.

DIY detachable collar pattern: how to make a peter pan collar - A Common Thread

Both printable collar patterns are available in an 11 page booklet full step-by-step instructions, pictures, and sewing tips in the shop. American Apparel Le Sac dress WITH TUTORIAL! [photo obese, 12 LARGE picutres] Ok.1.

American Apparel Le Sac dress WITH TUTORIAL! [photo obese, 12 LARGE picutres]

To start out with cut a rectangle of fabric about 1 3/4 around your bust by roughly 30" [you can lengthen it or shorten it if you wish] 2. cut this large rectangle in half so you have two peices of fabric that go almost all the way around you by 30"3. place fabric with right sides facing as if you are going to sew the seam that you just cut back up [which is exactly what you are going to do actually]. pin the seams togetherlike so... 4. sew up the seams until about 5-6" from the top and backstitch to secure stitch. then continue sewing up to the top using a basting stitch like shown... repeat on the other side doing the same thing5. iron the seams open [including basting] 6. unpick basting ONLY after it is suffeciently ironed as this will make the next step 10x easier. 7. sew along what you just unpicked at 1/4" and MAKE SURE YOU BACKSTITCH AT THE BEGINNING!!!

8. make a casing for your ribbon/string at the top. i pressed mine down 1" and then sewed 1/4" from the bottom edge. Le Sac Dress. T-shirt Projects. Well, I’ve started a tradition, serving all of you would-be Halloween revelers who are down to the wire when it comes to your costume.

T-shirt Projects

For the third year running (see year 1 and year 2 here), we have another 10 quick-and-easy T-shirt-based Halloween costumes. From the literary to the painterly, nerdy to the nostalgic, from pop culture to popcorn. In most cases, all you need is a blank T-shirt and some fabric paint or markers. How To: Tailor a Button-Down Shirt for a Perfect Fit » Man Made DIY. Men's shirts are sized in crazy ways - sometimes its sleeve length and neck dimensions, sometimes they're in chest dimesions (like a suit), and often, just the unpredictable small-medium-large.

How To: Tailor a Button-Down Shirt for a Perfect Fit » Man Made DIY

So, men, too, often have to buy for certain body measurements - length, sleeve, neck sizes, chest girth - and have other aspects not fit. It's why most men's button down shirts are baggy with big sleeves, and that weird muffin-top thing that billows out when we tuck them in. So, next time you find that perfect vintage buttondown at the second hand shop, but it's flows around you like you're swimming in a gingham plaid Superman cape, pay the .99, take it home, and grab your sewing machine. Materials. Men's Polo To Woman's Bow Shirt Refashion. Woolen Beret. The Martha Stewart Show, February 2008 Add a fun touch to your wardrobe with this lovely woolen beret.

Woolen Beret

Tools and Materials. Knitted Cat Hat ∙ How To by Raven on Cut Out. Woolen Beret. Www.lilblueboo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Blue-Beret.pdf. Vively Online: Tutorial: Reversible Slouchy Beret.

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